The
Python programming language was developed with the idea that
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and understand. While Python contains the same basic structures of
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This course will show you how to create basic programming structures
like decisions and loops. After that, we'll move on to
object-oriented techniques with classes and exceptions. You'll also
learn how to use some unique Python data structures like tuples and
dictionaries. You'll even learn how to create graphical elements
from simple squares and circles to graphical user interface objects
like buttons and labels.

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end of the course, you'll have the foundational knowledge you need
to create a variety of Python files, whether they be short scripts,
full programs, or graphical user interfaces.

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caring instructor who will guide you through your lessons,
facilitate discussions, and answer your questions. The instructor
for this course will be Mike Orsega.

Mike Orsega.

About
the
ExpertRating Online Python Course instructor :Mike Orsega has a
diverse background, with a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from
Pennsylvania State University and a Master's Degree in Applied Math
from the University of Georgia. Upon graduation, Orsega turned to
teaching and discovered the exciting potential of online education.
He has more than five years of online teaching experience in
university and college coursework ranging from basic computer
literacy to advanced programming languages, including online courses
in Alice and C# programming.

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For taking this instructor led ExpertRating Online Python Course you need
Python 2.5 and the IDLE development environment. Both are available
as free downloads for the Windows, Linux, or Macintosh operating
systems at www.python.org. Students will need Internet access;
e-mail; and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web
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Coverage (6 weeks program)

Week One

Wednesday - Lesson 01

Two things that make
Python attractive are that it's a free download and
that it comes with a free development environment,
IDLE. The first lesson will start off right by going
on a brief tour of both the language and the
environment. You'll see that with IDLE, you can
either execute individual statements directly at the
interpreter's prompt or save your commands in a
program file to be run later. By the end of Lesson
1, you'll be fully prepared to work in IDLE using
either method

Friday - Lesson 02

Programs aren't
terribly useful unless you have some way to store
values in memory. In Lesson 2, you'll get up to
speed with Python variables, and then you'll learn
how to use these variables to get input from the
user. With this, you'll be able to write Python code
to make your programs interactive, making them more
useful and a lot more interesting.

Week Two

Wednesday - Lesson 03

There are many times
when you'll want one set of statements run in one
situation and another set run in a different
situation. For that, you'll need to use Python's if
decision structure. In Lesson 3, you'll practice
with Python's if syntax and learn how to write both
simple and complex conditions to select which
statements should be run.

Friday - Lesson 04

Keeping with the theme
of programming structures, this lesson is all
about the repetition structure. You'll learn how to
write both while and for loops in Python so that
your statements can be repeated over and over until
some condition is met. You'll also learn some
looping features that are unique to Python that help
to make your programs more powerful.

Week Three

Wednesday - Lesson 05-

Modular programming
gives you the ability to write code once, give it a
name, and then call on it by name at a later time.
In Lesson 5, you'll learn how to write modular
programs by creating functions. You'll also learn
how to pass data into the functions and then to
return values back, building on this knowledge as
you proceed through the course.

Friday - Lesson 06

Building on the concept
of modular programming this lesson will explore
object-oriented programming. This is a popular
technique, and in Lesson 6, you'll get an
introduction to how it's done in Python. You'll
learn how to create a class definition and place
variables and functions inside. Then later, you'll
use this class to create some objects and work with
them to solve simple problems.

Week Four

Wednesday - Lesson 07

It's now time to take
some of the topics that have been covered and apply
them to something a little more creative. This
lesson will explore Python graphics, where you'll
create and work with simple shapes and even get a
chance to write programs that simulate animation so
that you can watch your shapes move across the
screen.

Friday - Lesson 08

Now that you're
comfortable with the decision and repetition
structures, as well as ways to organize your code,
it's now time to turn to ways of managing your data.
This lesson will look at two of Python's basic data
structures: lists and tuples. You'll learn how to
create these types of variables and use them to
manage data for your programs.

Week Five

Wednesday - Lesson 09

While lists and tuples
are useful structures, they put the burden on you to
keep track of your data's position within the
structure. However, the dictionary structure gives
you the ability to associate a word with each piece
of data. In this lesson, you'll learn how to use
dictionaries to write useful programs in fewer lines
of code that'll execute in a shorter amount of time.

Friday - Lesson 10

Programs that work with
data in memory are great. However, it's also
important to be able to save the data in a file for
later use. In Lesson 10, you'll learn how to read
from and write to data files. You'll also learn
about Python's shelve feature, which is a
database-like file that allows for quick and easy
access to large amounts of data.

Week Six

Wednesday - Lesson 11

Let's face it, programs
sometimes encounter problems as they execute. In
object-oriented terms, you'd call this an exception.
If the exception isn't handled, the program will
crash. In this lesson, you'll learn about Python's
exceptions and learn how to handle them to keep the
program up and running, even when something
unexpected happens

Friday - Lesson 12

You'll finish the course by exercising the creative part of your
brain again. This time, you'll learn how to create a graphical
user interface (GUI) in Python. You'll learn how to display text
with labels and get user data with text boxes, buttons, radio
buttons, and check boxes. Now you'll be able to integrate all
the conceptual material that you learned in the course with an
attractive, easy to use interface to make for useful,
interactive programs.